Particularity, Engagement, Actionable Inferences, Reflexivity, and Legitimation tool for rigor in mixed methods implementation research.

Autor: Younas A; Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada., Fàbregues S; Department of Psychology and Education, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing [J Nurs Scholarsh] 2024 Sep; Vol. 56 (5), pp. 705-717. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 01.
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12977
Abstrakt: Background: Implementation science helps generate approaches to expedite the uptake of evidence in practice. Mixed methods are commonly used in implementation research because they allow researchers to integrate distinct qualitative and quantitative methods and data sets to unravel the implementation process and context and design contextual tools for optimizing the implementation. To date, there has been limited discussion on how to ensure rigor in mixed methods implementation research.
Purpose: To present Particularity, Engagement, Actionable Inferences, Reflexivity, and Legitimation (PEARL) as a practical tool for understanding various components of rigor in mixed methods implementation research.
Data Sources: This methodological discussion is based on a nurse-led mixed methods implementation study. The PEARL tool was developed based on an interpretive, critical reflection, and purposive reading of selected literature sources drawn from the researchers' knowledge, experiences of designing and conducting mixed methods implementation research, and published methodological papers about mixed methods, implementation science, and research rigor.
Conclusion: An exemplar exploratory sequential mixed methods study in nursing is provided to illustrate the application of the PEARL tool. The proposed tool can be a useful and innovative tool for researchers and students intending to use mixed methods in implementation research. The tool offers a straightforward approach to learning the key rigor components of mixed methods implementation research for application in designing and conducting implementation research using mixed methods.
Clinical Relevance: Rigorous implementation research is critical for effective uptake of innovations and evidence-based knowledge into practice and policymaking. The proposed tool can be used as the means to establish rigor in mixed methods implementation research in nursing and health sciences.
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